Re: Will installing libc6-i686 on my i586 crunch my installation?

[Clemens Eisserer <linuxhippy@gmail.com>]

Hi,

> This should guide you:
> $ apt-cache show libc6-i686

Well, so far it says:
> This set of libraries is optimized for i686 machines, and will only be
> used if you are running a 2.6 kernel on an i686 class CPU

However uname -m says I am running a 2.4 kernel on an i586:
> Linux mesrv 2.4.27-2-386 #1 Wed Aug 17 09:33:35 UTC 2005 i586 GNU/Linux

So why does apt want to install it at all?

> Die folgenden zus�tzlichen Pakete werden installiert:       // The following additional packages will be installed:
> libc6 libedit2 libkeyutils1 libkrb53 libncurses5 libssl0.9.8 locales openssh-client
> Vorgeschlagene Pakete:                                                            //Recommended packages:
>  glibc-doc libc6-i686 krb5-doc krb5-user ssh-askpass libpam-ssh keychai

Or does recommended mean they won't be installed and libc6 will be
chosen instead?

Thanks, Clemens